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CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin grammatical tradition · grammar compound

adverbium

adverb; a word attached to another word or predicate

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · directional prefix

ad-

to, toward

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SOUND CHANGE

Latin ad- remains visible at the left edge of adverbium.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The directional prefix helps create a technical word for a modifier attached to another expression.

CHRONOLOGY

Latin grammatical formation; no single coinage date is asserted.

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Adverb — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: ad- + verbum

Explicitly identifies the directional component.

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